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Bridget Conway

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30 Before 30: 2019 Edition

January 23, 2019January 19, 2019Categories ReflectionsLeave a Comment on 30 Before 30: 2019 Edition

This is a very slightly revised version of my original 30 Before 30 (thirty things I'd like to accomplish before I turn thirty) List, which I wrote when I was 22. I'm now 23, so I've got about six-and-three-quarter years left to complete as many things on this list as possible! Here's what we're working…

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πŸ’• || A BOOK ABOUT ROMANTIC LOVE: "Call Me By Your Name" by AndrΓ© Aciman || πŸ’• it's the final day of #litloveweek! i'll be honest-- this is a novel i haven't actually read in full yet. BUT i've seen the movie and am partway through listening to the audiobook (& swooned at armie hammer in both), and i think the story is so gorgeous and intimate and raw. it hurts my heart in the best kind of way. what's a love story you love? comment below, and let's keep this mushy conversation going! β€’ β€’ β€’ β€’ β€’ β€’ #bridgetsbookcorner #bookstagram #bookstagrammer #igreads #instareads #instabooks #kimmersbooks #bibliophile #book #books #bookporn #currentread #currentlyreading #tbr #tbrpile #tbrlist #bookish #booknerd #bookworm #booklover #womenwhoread #womenwhowrite #vsco #vscocam #vscobooks
πŸ’• || A BOOK ABOUT PLATONIC LOVE: "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone" by JK Rowling || πŸ’• galentine's & valentine's have both gotten away from me, so we're gonna extend #litloveweek a little bit longer! day six is all about friendship, and few stories have as many awesome friendships as the HP series does. y'all already know how much these books mean to me-- they've been a loving and supportive friend of a kind to me through the years, and i'm sure many of you feel the same way! what's your favorite book about friendship? comment below or share your thoughts with the hashtag #litloveweek! β€’ β€’ β€’ β€’ β€’ β€’ #bridgetsbookcorner #bookstagram #bookstagrammer #igreads #instareads #instabooks #kimmersbooks #bibliophile #book #books #bookporn #currentread #currentlyreading #tbr #tbrpile #tbrlist #bookish #booknerd #bookworm #booklover #womenwhoread #womenwhowrite #vsco #vscocam #vscobooks
πŸ’• || A BOOK ABOUT FAMILIAL LOVE: "We Are Not Ourselves" by Matthew Thomas || πŸ’• day five of #litloveweek's chosen title is a lesser known but utterly heartwrenching one. the novel follows the leary family through the years as they grapple with an early onset alzheimer's diagnosis and the irreversible change that brings to all of their lives. i originally read this book on the recommendation of @misha, of all people, and i cannot recommend it highly enough. what's your favorite family-centered story? comment below or share your thoughts with the hashtag #litloveweek! β€’ β€’ β€’ β€’ β€’ β€’ #vday #valentinesday #bridgetsbookcorner #bookstagram #bookstagrammer #igreads #instareads #instabooks #kimmersbooks #bibliophile #book #books #bookporn #currentread #currentlyreading #tbr #tbrpile #tbrlist #bookish #booknerd #bookworm #booklover #womenwhoread #womenwhowrite #vsco #vscocam #vscobooks
πŸ’• || A STORY ABOUT PROBLEMATIC LOVE: William Shakespeare's "Romeo & Juliet" || πŸ’• (alternate option: Nabokov's "Lolita", but I don't own a copy of that one because it makes my skin crawl so much.) πŸ˜– it's day four of #litloveweek, and i have some F E E L I N G S about this play. i won't rant for too long, but i'll say this: (1) romeo rebounded from rosaline in three seconds flat. doesn't speak highly of his capacity for depth. (2) both of them are CHILDREN. & (3) definitely don't love the romanticization of suicide, and even though that trope existed before this play (it's existed in opera since the dawn of the genre), i think it influenced a lot of subsequent literature in a really dangerous way. i'm a huge shakespeare fan, but this play is definitely one of my least favorites of his. can anyone relate?? or does anyone have a rebuttal? comment below or share your thoughts with the hashtag #litloveweek! β€’ β€’ β€’ β€’ β€’ β€’ #vday #valentinesday #romeoandjuliet #shakespeare #bridgetsbookcorner #bookstagram #bookstagrammer #igreads #instareads #instabooks #kimmersbooks #bibliophile #book #books #bookporn #currentread #currentlyreading #tbr #tbrpile #tbrlist #bookish #booknerd #bookworm #booklover #womenwhoread #womenwhowrite #vsco #vscocam #vscobooks
πŸ’• || A BOOK ABOUT COMPLICATED LOVE: "A Court of Mist and Fury" by @therealsjmaas || πŸ’• happy day three of #litloveweek! i've mentioned before that i'm not a huge fan of love triangles as a trope (i think it has a tendency to be a pretty lazy narrative device), but this series is an exception to the rule. without giving anything away, the romantic tension in this book in particular had me HOOKED-- it's so well-executed, i couldn't put it down! it's also the first fantasy series that's grabbed my attention in years, so a big thumbs up overall. what are your thoughts on love triangles? comment below or share your thoughts with the hashtag #litloveweek! β€’ β€’ β€’ β€’ β€’ β€’ #love #vday #valentinesday #acomaf #bridgetsbookcorner #bookstagram #bookstagrammer #igreads #instareads #instabooks #kimmersbooks #bibliophile #book #books #bookporn #currentread #currentlyreading #tbr #tbrpile #tbrlist #bookish #booknerd #bookworm #booklover #womenwhoread #womenwhowrite #vsco #vscocam #vscobooks
πŸ’• || A BOOK ABOUT UNREQUITED LOVE: "The Perks of Being a Wallflower" by Stephen Chbosky || πŸ’• it's day two of #litloveweek and...alright, i guess the argument could be made that this isn't ultimately a book about unrequited love, but it's definitely the title that sticks out most immediately in my mind! charlie is a character that's resonated with me deeply since i first read the book in high school (shout out to my other friends who loved it with me before the movie made it cool 😜), and this is still one of my all-time favorite YA books. i think there should be more books about unrequited love! it's a hard topic to read/write about, because there inherently isn't the potential for a satisfying ending in a romantic sense, but i think it's something that people experience enough to where it'd be a really relevant/resonant literary topic. (maybe i'll write one myself someday-- i'm something of an expert on the subject. πŸ˜…) comment below or use the hashtag #litloveweek to share your favorite book on unrequited love! β€’ β€’ β€’ β€’ β€’ β€’ #love #vday #valentinesday #bridgetsbookcorner #bookstagram #bookstagrammer #igreads #instareads #instabooks #kimmersbooks #bibliophile #book #books #bookporn #currentread #currentlyreading #tbr #tbrpile #tbrlist #bookish #booknerd #bookworm #booklover #womenwhoread #womenwhowrite #vsco #vscocam #vscobooks
πŸ’• || A BOOK ABOUT FIRST LOVE: "A Very Large Expanse of Sea" by @taherehmafi || πŸ’• a belated day one of #litloveweek (because my phone sucks and refused to allow me to upload it yesterday)! this book was my first read of 2019, and i absolutely loved it. it tore my heart to shreds, but it so accurately captures that feeling of electricity that builds between two people as their feelings for each other begin to grow. it brought me right back to high school, when the intensity of my own first crushes was almost unbearable, but in the best possible way (and let's be honest, i'm definitely still prone to those feelings 😜). what's a book you've liked about first love?? comment below or share your thoughts with the hashtag #litloveweek! β€’ β€’ β€’ β€’ β€’ β€’ #love #valentinesday #vday #bridgetsbookcorner #bookstagram #bookstagrammer #igreads #instareads #instabooks #kimmersbooks #bibliophile #book #books #bookporn #currentread #currentlyreading #tbr #tbrpile #tbrlist #bookish #booknerd #bookworm #booklover #womenwhoread #womenwhowrite #vsco #vscocam #vscobooks
can't wait to dive into this sweet sweet weirdness. β€’ β€’ β€’ β€’ β€’ β€’ #sylviaplath #bridgetsbookcorner #bookstagram #bookstagrammer #igreads #instareads #instabooks #kimmersbooks #bibliophile #book #books #bookporn #currentread #currentlyreading #tbr #tbrpile #tbrlist #bookish #booknerd #bookworm #booklover #womenwhoread #womenwhowrite #vsco #vscocam #vscobooks
happy st. brigid's day/imbolc! πŸ€ today made me all the more excited for my family's trip to ireland coming up in mid march. can't WAIT to spend some time tapping further into my roots and properly exploring the motherland! what's your favorite trip you've ever been on? β€’ β€’ β€’ β€’ β€’ β€’ #imbolc #stbrigid #ireland #bridgetsbookcorner #bookstagram #bookstagrammer #igreads #instareads #instabooks #kimmersbooks #bibliophile #book #books #bookporn #currentread #currentlyreading #tbr #tbrpile #tbrlist #bookish #booknerd #bookworm #booklover #womenwhoread #womenwhowrite #vsco #vscocam #vscobooks

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